My capstone project is using the national immunization survey -Teen( NIS-Teen) which are a critical tool used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to monitor vaccination coverage, including the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, and quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines, among adolescents aged 13–17 years in the United States (https://www.cdc.gov/nis/media/pdfs/2024/11/NISTEENPUF23HHQUEX.pdf) . The NIS-Teen consists of two main components:
Household Interview Questionnaire: This is conducted with parents or guardians of adolescents to gather information on vaccination status, demographic characteristics, and reasons for vaccine hesitancy or refusal.
Provider-Immunization History Questionnaire: This is sent to healthcare providers to verify the vaccination records of the adolescents listed in the household interviews
My research focuses on understanding HPV vaccine hesitancy among parents of teenagers, utilizing variables from the 2023 parental household interview component of the NIS-Teen data set.
Fig: Weighted proportions of HPV vaccination (Vaccinated teen / Total population in the region) in Teens (13-17) across the 10 HHS regions of the US
Fig: Weighted proportions Unvaccination (Unvaccinated teen / Total population in the region) in Teens (13-17) across the 10 HHS regions of the US
Table: Reasons for HPV vaccine hesitancy among US teens (13-18) across 10 HHS region, US
Figure: Percentage of reasons for HPV vaccine hesistancy among US Teens(13-17) stratified by Race
Figure: Number of reasons for HPV vaccine hesistancy among Teens(13-17) across the 10 HHS US Regions stratified by Race
Table: Reasons for HPV vaccine hesitancy among US teens (13-18) stratifed by race and region